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KAPUKA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does kapuka mean?
• KAPUKA (noun)
The noun KAPUKA has 1 sense:
1. small New Zealand broadleaf evergreen tree often cultivated in warm regions as an ornamental
Familiarity information: KAPUKA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small New Zealand broadleaf evergreen tree often cultivated in warm regions as an ornamental
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Griselinia littoralis; kapuka
Hypernyms ("kapuka" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("kapuka" is a member of...):
genus Griselinia; Griselinia (evergreen shrubs of New Zealand and South America)
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